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77ie  missionary  crisis  of  today  is  to  be 

found  in  China  and  Japan .  It  is  worth  while 
pondering  the  words  of  a  man  {not  a  priest  but 
a  layman)  who  has  ‘visited  both  these  old  coun¬ 
tries  and  studied  the  conditions  there .  Dr* 
Hamilton  W.  Mabie ,  Associate  Editor  of  “The 
Outlook”  in  an  address  before  the  last  General 
Convention  made  the  following  statement: 


HEN  we  think  of  China  and  Japan, 


bringing  into  view  the  scene 


of  the  most  significant  history  of  the 
time,  its  most  pressing  problem,  its  most  glori¬ 
ous  chance  of  pushing  on  the  fortunes  of  hu¬ 
manity,  of  bringing  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 
Yesterday  the  Mediterranean  was  the  highway 
of  civilization;  today  the  Atlantic  is  a  channel  for 
the  swift  intercourse  of  the  world;  last  Friday 
its  waters  met  the  waters  of  the  Pacific,  and  the 
fulfillment  of  Goethe’s  striking  prophecy  was 
begun  on  the  Isthmus;  tomorrow  the  Pacific 
will  be  the  scene  of  the  world-wide  rivalry  and 
fellowship  of  the  nations. 

*#****##* 
Missionary  work  has  ceased  to  be  a  deoartment 
of  church  work  and  has  become  the  Church  in 
action,  the  Church  meditating,  the  Church 
worshipping — become  the  Church  moved  by  a 
faith  which  sends  it  forth  to  be  the  fellow  of  all 
sorrow,  the  sharer  of  all  burdens,  the  preacher 
of  all  truth,  the  giver  of  all  power.  And  the  mis¬ 
sionary  is  no  longer  simply  a  preacher  to  individ¬ 
uals;  he  is  a  statesman  in  the  largest  meaning  of 


The  only  way  to  keep  your  Christianity 
is  to  give  it  away. 


that  great  and  often  misused  word — a  man,  that 
is,  who  stands  not  for  an  interest  nor  for  a  class 
nor  for  a  period  of  time,  but  for  the  supreme .  in¬ 
terests,  for  all  people,  and  for  the  future.  He 
foresees  what  is  coming  and  makes  ready  for 
the  new  age;  for  he  brings  the  faith  that  organizes 
and  builds,  the  inward  law  that  steadies  in  a  time 
of  transition,  and  the  hope  that  sets  a  great  light 
aflame  on  a  path  full  of  perplexities  and  dangers. 

C 

Money  given  to  “Foreign  Missions”  aids  the 
work  under  9  bishops  in  10  missionary  dis¬ 
tricts.  The  missionary  forces  abroad  number 
305  clergy  and  1,000  lay  workers,  both  men  and 
women,  American  and  foreign. 

€. 

The  Cathedral  of  St.  James’  in  Anking,  China, 
was  recently  consecrated.  The  series  of  services 
held  in  connection  with  the  consecration  attracted 
great  crowds  of  non-Christians,  it  being  neces¬ 
sary  to  keep  policemen  at  the  door  to  prevent 
overcrowding.  At  the  same  time  the  great 
heathen  temple  in  a  neighboring  square  was 
being  transformed  into  a  market,  and  the  images 
of  its  gods — quite  useless  under  present  condi¬ 
tions — were  unceremoniously  dumped  into  the 
river.  Such  is  the  opportunity  which  the  Chris¬ 
tian  Church  has  to  supply  a  better  faith  to  China 
in  place  of  that  which  she  is  losing. 


Christ  is  either  Lord  of  all,  or  He  fs  not  Lord  at  all . 


The  Rev.  F.  A.  Russell,  who  was  a  delegate  to 
the  General  Convention  from  the  district  of 
Liberia,  was  the  first  African  priest  to  visit  the 
United  States.  Mr.  Russell’s  father  and  mother 
were  among  the  first  Christian  converts  of  this 
Church  in  Africa,  and  he  himself  is  a  product  of 
our  educational  work,  wherein  lies  the  only  hope 
of  permanent  success  in  Africa. 

«L 

Count  Okuma,  a  Japanese  statesman,  not  him¬ 
self  a  Christian,  in  an  article  published  in  the 
October  International  Review  of  Missions,  says: 
“Although  Christianity  has  enrolled  less  than 
200,000  believers,  yet  the  indirect  influence  of 
Christianity  has  poured  into  every  realm  of 
Japanese  life.  It  has  been  borne  to  us  on  all 
the  currents  of  European  civilization;  most  of  all, 
the  English  language  and  literature,  so  sur¬ 
charged  with  Christian  ideas,  has  exerted  a  wide 
and  deep  influence  over  Japanese  thought.” 

«L 

Mr.  John  Henry  Mears  circled  the  world  in  a 
little  less  than  thirty-six  days.  While  in  itself 
it  serves  no  great  purpose,  it  does  emphasize  the 
fact  that  the  ends  of  the  world  are  being  brought 
very  close  together,  and  that  its  nations  and 
races  are  rapidly  coming  to  have  common  in¬ 
terests.  As  the  roads  built  by  the  Roman  Em¬ 
pire  meant  speedy  progress  for  the  Gospel  in 
the  first  century,  sc  the  growing  means  of  inter¬ 
communication  mean  larger  and  more  wonder¬ 
ful  opportunity  for  the  missionary  message. 


J 


The  first  work  of  the  •whole  Church  is  to  preach  the 
•whole  Gospel  to  the  whole  world. 


The  “Missionary  Review  of  the  World,”  in 
its  January  number,  gives  statistics  with  regard 
to  foreign  missions,  showing  that  24,000  foreign¬ 
ers  are  engaged  in  missionary  work,  of  whom 
6,700  are  ordained  clergy.  Nearly  five  times  as 
many  natives  in  the  different  fields  are  engaged 
in  carrying  the  Gospel  to  their  own  people. 
Hospitals  and  dispensaries  number  1,700  and 
there  are  2,400  colleges  and  other  institutions 
of  higher  learning,  with  129,000  students.  Of 
primary  and  other  schools  there  are  33,000  with 
a  million  and  a  half  of  pupils.  Last  year  $30,- 
500,000  was  contributed,  half  of  it  from  the 
United  States.  In  addition  to  this  the  foreign 
mission  field  itself  gave  $8,000,000. 

<L 

If  the  United  States  were  supplied  with  clergy 
in  the  same  ratio  as  exists  in  the  foreign  field 
there  would  be  one  for  every  1,500,000  people — 
or  sixty  for  the  entire  country. 

«L 

The  gross  receipts  for  the  year  ending  Sep¬ 
tember  1,  1913,  were  $1,885,995.19.  The  cost 
of  administration  was  8.7  per  cent,  of  the  whole 
amount,  being  3.1  per  cent,  for  central  expenses 
and  5.6  per  cent,  as  the  cost  of  making  the  work 
known,  or  what  a  business  house  would  call 
i  ‘promotion.” 

«L 

Copies  of  this  leaflet  can  be  obtained  in  any  quantity  from 
the  Board  of  Missions,  z8i  Fourth  Avenue,  New  York,  by  ask¬ 
ing  for  Leaflet  No.  979. 

1 1-  aim  ;  vrcnr.  “  ’ 


